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Bara

East Lothian, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3882

Location

Atlas number
SC3882 (3882)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
East Lothian
Historic county
East Lothian
Parish, community, or townland
Garvald And Bara
National Grid reference
NT 5622 7062
Latitude
55.92669
Longitude
-2.70220
Altitude
125 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort and hillslope fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.34 ha
Footprint
0.56 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and hillslope
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1989)

Identifiers

HER
East Lothian Council MEL1948
National record
record NT 57 SE 92; monument 71535
Wikidata
Q31096566

Sources